Can anyone give a definitive answer as to what now separates the SSPX from being in “full communion” with the Church?

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JReducation said:
The SSPX had canonical status. They were a society of apostolic life of pontifical right. They lost that status when the leadership was excommunicated.
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Br JR, I believe the AB was suspended and lost canonical status in 1975. The SSPX priests from day 1 never had legal faculties to administer sacraments.
 
ProVobis said:
Br JR, I believe the AB was suspended and lost canonical status in 1975. The SSPX priests from day 1 never had legal faculties to administer sacraments.
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These are two different things.
  1. Priestly faculties come under the jurisdiction of the Congregation for the Faith
  2. Erection of a society of apostolic life comes under the jurisdiction of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
When the Society was erected, the Congregation was called The Sacred Congregation for Religious Life and Secular Institutes. The SSPX was approved as a Secular Institute for Pontifical Right. This means that it was allowed to receive secular men and form them. They answered to the Holy Father.

However, when their leadership was excommunicated, the members of the Society followed the leadership. This does not suspend them. However, when the superior of a secular institute or a religious order is excommunicated, the members are not to follow him and may not obey him. He is no longer part of the Church. If the members do so, they forfeit their canonical erection.

In simple English, they go back to being a private association and must go through the process of getting reinstated as a public association. This can get tricky, as we have seen with the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer. My guess is that the Holy Father will reinstate them, but with his conditions. It seemed that the condition was going to be that they come back to life not as a secular institute, but as an ordinariate. However, that seems to have been just a rumor.

I don’t know what’s going to happen here. 🤷

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF 🙂
 
I can’t find where “partial communion” is defined. Can anyone help?
 
giuseppeTO said:
I can’t find where “partial communion” is defined. Can anyone help?
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There is no such a term. Bl. John Paul often used the term imperfect communion in speaking about non-Catholic Christians.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF 🙂
 
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